Located in west-central Pasco County, New Port Richey encompasses a total area of 4.6 miles. The Gulf of Mexico coastline borders the west side of the city, and the Pithlachascotee River runs through the cityâs heart.
Severe Thunderstorm Ingredients. The development of a thunderstorm is dependent upon three primary ingredients: atmospheric instability, moisture and a lifting mechanism. Severe thunderstorms, and supercell thunderstorms in particular, also require vertical wind shear.
The storm itself can either be a single cumulonimbus cloud, a cluster of several thunderstorms, or a line of thunderstorms. In order for thunderstorms to form, there needs to be: 1  Moisture-to form clouds and rain. 2  Unstable air-warm air that can rise rapidly.3  Lift-cold or warm fronts, sea breezes, mountains or the sun's heat are capable of lifting air to help form thunderstorms.n the western half of the peninsula in a typical year, there are over 80 days with thunder and lightning. Central Florida's frequency of summer thunderstorms equals that of the world's maximum thunderstorm areas: Lake Victoria region of equatorial Africa and the middle of the Amazon basin.